TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 23RD

1866 - Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms.

1919 - [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) (d. 1999) is born.

1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers.
1931 - France announces it can't afford to end a team to 1932 LA olympics.

1936 - Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], Van Nuys, California,

American MLB player (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962) is born.
1941 - Richie Evans, 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion

(died at Martinsville in 1985) is born.

1944 - Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader.
1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv & Elston Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs.
1956 - Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.

1965 - Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park.
1966 - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m).

1976 - BaltImore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game.

1978 - Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
1978 - Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight.
1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit.
1984 - KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save.
1987 - Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record).
1987 - Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series.

1991 - Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for

throwing at & hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5.

1993 - NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher.

He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st.

1993 - James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, found dead near McColl, SC.
1994 - Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits.
1994 - Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC.

2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to

throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0.